[pskmail] Re: State of the windows pskmail server attempt
- From: David Westbrook <dwestbrook@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:27:01 -0400
The File::HomeDir module will make all of that stuff portable ... (Also
employing File::Spec, File::Path, File::Basename, etc will really help with
the portability.)
For installation, maybe a bundle module to pull down all the CPAN deps would
help ...
I'd also be interested in trying to compile it with PAR to make a
distributable .exe
I'm a perl programmer (hobby & job) -- would be happy to help with a port
.. can you email me off-list (dwestbrook@xxxxxxxxx) with the current windows
perl code?
--david
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On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Per Crusefalk <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks Klaus,
>
> I had replaced those HOME with a hardcoded path but the userprofile
> thing is good, will try that instead!
>
> 73!
>
> tor 2011-09-29 klockan 12:38 +0200 skrev Klaus Lohmann:
> > Per, this remark is probably redundant as you know it all already. What
> > I remember from a little project years ago:
> >
> > In case of Windows : $ENV{"HOME"} = $ENV{"USERPROFILE"}; makes HOME
> > available.
> >
> > .pskmail as a directory should work, see .netbeans and others.
> >
> > The directory separators should be handled by perl if they are used
> > within paths.
> >
> > The main work will be the system() code of course.
> >
> > 73, Klaus
> >
> >
> > Am 29.09.2011 09:16, schrieb Per Crusefalk:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > As many were asking for a windows version of the server I decided I
> > > should attempt to run it on a windows pc. As I am at the moment in a
> bit
> > > of a hurry (leaving for work) I will be very brief about where I am
> with
> > > that effort at the moment.
> > >
> > > So what am I trying exactly? Well, I am trying to create an installer
> > > for the standard perl pskmail server. Its not a port to java or any
> > > other environment but an attempt to get the server running in a native
> > > windows environment. With native I mean not in a virtual machine or
> > > within cygwin.
> > >
> > > So what have I done so far?
> > > - I have perl running on windows
> > > - I have a special windows installer for the server. It sets up the
> > > directories and gets the necessary modules through cpan.
> > > - I have overcome several obstacles that the windows environment
> happily
> > > provides. With that I mean that ENV{HOME} does not work, folder
> .pskmail
> > > does not work. I had an issue with directory separation (\ or /).
> > > - Gotten gnu tools to run properly (windows versions of necessary unix
> > > tools like touch etc).
> > > - Replaced some things that aren't available on windows, like cat
> (which
> > > is type there but it's not as good).
> > >
> > > The state at this very moment is that the server runs but I have issues
> > > with loading and parsing of configuration (pskmailrc.pl).
> > >
> > > So, I am quite confident that it is possible to run the server on
> > > windows but it will impact the standard server in some ways. I have to
> > > get the environment stuff to work (like ENV{HOME} etc) and all the
> > > hardcoded paths will have to be made more general etc.
> > >
> > > The end result could be a server that runs on both linux and windows.
> > > The windows version will need a special installer of course but
> > > installjammer is good for such things. But, it will take some time as I
> > > have not gotten completely all the errors and warnings yet.... There
> > > will be more issues further down the road..
> > >
> > > 73 de Per, sm0rwo
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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